In a nutshell: Tiny Nordic nation that sprung some very big surprises at Euro 2016. Just ask Roy Hodgson. Not to be confused with the budget frozen food supermarket of the same name. They’re also the smallest nation in history to make the World Cup finals.

Flag: The modern version of the flag was adopted in 1915 and features a blue background with a white cross and another red cross within the white cross. Got that?

Manager: Heimir Hallgrimsson took sole charge of the team after Euro 2016, having been joint manager with Lars Lagerbeck.

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Captain: Cardiff City’s workhorse midfielder Aron Gunnarsson.

Star Man: Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson is the man that everything goes through in the Iceland set-up. A master of the dead ball, he’s a constant threat from set-pieces.

Rising star: Twenty-year- old PSV Eindhoven winger Albert Gudmundsson has three goals in three caps, although that was a hat-trick against Indonesia. He’s also the great-grandson of Albert Gudmundsson, Iceland’s first professional footballer, who played for Arsenal and AC Milan.

Nice kit? Inspired by ice, water, fire and geysers, Iceland’s new World Cup kit is the business. All blue with striking flashes of red and white on the shoulders, it’s the kind of kit France wish they had.

Iceland fans will be looking forward to their first World Cup after enjoying Euro 2016

National drink: It’s the schnapps-like Brennivin. It’s also called svarti dauði which means "black death". Tells you all you need to know really.

World Cup Finals Record: n/a

World Cup Win Ratio: n/a

Best World Cup Performance: This is their first appearance in the World
Cup Finals.

FIFA World Ranking: 18

Path to final: Iceland will need to upset the odds the way they did in Euro 2016 to get out of their World Cup group, but they already have a psychological advantage over Croatia as they beat them to top spot in qualifying.

In the event of a second placed finish behind Argentina, they will probably face France in round two, Portugal or Uruguay in the quarter-final and Brazil in the semi-final.